Generation Builders Magazine 2016
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MIRACLES, BOOKS &<br />
MAKING HISTORY<br />
BY ANDREW MURRAY<br />
“Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written<br />
down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room<br />
for the books that would be written.”<br />
(John 21v25 )<br />
One of my favourite verses in the Bible is John<br />
21v25 which says “Jesus did many other things as<br />
well. If every one of them were written down, I<br />
suppose that even the whole world would not have<br />
room for the books that would be written.”<br />
healing the sick, setting the captives free and loving the broken.<br />
As we minister the gospel in word and deed, each page of our<br />
book is filled with the mighty expolits we have done for Christ!<br />
As each member of the body of Christ becomes a history maker,<br />
then truely the whole world will be filled with the books of what<br />
Christ has done through His body.<br />
What an awesome scripture! Many miracles are recorded<br />
in the gospels, from the blind having their sight restored, to<br />
the lame walking, the lepers being cleansed and even the<br />
dead being raised! Then there are the accounts of other<br />
miracles such as walking on water, the feeding of the 5000<br />
and the calming of the storm. Then what about the times<br />
when Jesus ministered to whole crowds of people healing<br />
them all? And what about the lives of men like Zaccheus<br />
and the woman at the well who were never the same after<br />
an encounter with the Master? It<br />
would be true to say that Jesus’<br />
whole ministry was a continuous<br />
account of miracle after miracle,<br />
everything He said and did was<br />
miraculous!<br />
But still, what an incredible<br />
statement – that if everyone of<br />
Jesus’ miracles had been written<br />
down, the whole world would not be able to contain the<br />
books that would be written! As I was pondering this<br />
thought, the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said “you are one<br />
of those books!” Suddenly an awesome revelation dropped<br />
into my spirit. It says “Jesus DID many other things as well”.<br />
I believe we could just as easily say “Jesus is DOING many<br />
other things as well”. The book of Acts begins with Luke<br />
saying that he wrote about all that “Jesus BEGAN to do and<br />
teach”. The miracle ministry of Jesus has not ended but has<br />
continued for over 2000 years. Today Christ works through<br />
each and every Christian, as they do the works He did and<br />
even greater things.<br />
Everyone of our lives is a book. The apostle Paul said “you<br />
show that you are a letter from Christ” (2 Corinthians 3v3).<br />
Just as the 10 commandments were written by the finger<br />
of God, God wants to write on each page of our lives by<br />
His Spirit. “All the days ordained for me were written in<br />
your book” (Pslm 139). Each day we have an opportunity<br />
to continue the ministry of Jesus by preaching the gospel,<br />
I wonder when our<br />
book is opened how<br />
many pages will be<br />
blank?<br />
There are history books yet to be written, miracles still to be<br />
performed, revivals still to take place. On our own the book<br />
of our life may seem small and insignifacant, but we are part<br />
of God’s library, a library that the whole world can’t contain.<br />
From Wigglesworth to Finney, to some un-known prayer<br />
warrior somewhere, we are part of the ministry of Jesus that is<br />
continuing to be written.<br />
The Bible says that one day we will stand before Christ and the<br />
books will be opened. I wonder when our<br />
book is opened how many pages will be<br />
blank as we wasted days and opportunities<br />
to serve Jesus? I don’t know about you but<br />
I want my book to be filled! I want every<br />
page to tell of souls saved, bodies healed,<br />
prayers prayed and battles won! I don’t<br />
want one page to be empty!<br />
The book of Acts has not ended. Neither<br />
has the ministry of Jesus. Each one of us is a book and God<br />
wants to write on each page of our lives and tell of the history<br />
we have made. As the church continues to make history, the<br />
whole world will be filled with the books written about what<br />
Christ did: for three and half years in the flesh, and for 2000 plus<br />
years through His Spirit, working in men and women like me and<br />
you!<br />
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Water into wine<br />
Jesus’ first miracle was the turning of water into wine. The<br />
Bible tells us that it was through this miracle that He revealed<br />
His glory. Today Jesus still wants to reveal His glory, through our<br />
lives and churches. How? We look at this miracle and see how<br />
through a simple act of outpouring, Jesus releases His glory in<br />
and through us.
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